Comment by Lore

It currently costs 50 Ironpaw Token but you cannot purchase it untill you have completed the quest To Be a Master from Sungshin Ironpaw which involves cooking all level 600 meals from all 6 cooking specialisations.This quest is the last in a series given by her after gaining 600 cooking skill.

Using the Bell summons Nomi who then gives you quests of his own which reward reputation with him.Lesson 1: Sliced Peaches - Obtain 5 Pandaren Peach for Nomi (sold by Sungshin Ironpaw)Grants 1000 reputation with Nomi

Once you cross the rep threshold for a new quest, you can complete the next lesson on the same day, cutting your progress time by 5 days.There seemed to be a little confusion so I'll clarify: While gaining reputation with Nomi he will only give you one daily quest a day. As you progress and he gives you a different daily quest, you can comple both the very first time, but after that the new daily quest will replace the old one.

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Comment by Netn

Fastest way to earn these Ironpaw Tokens used to purchase this is probably fishing. One stack of fish can be turned into a Bundle of Groceries which in turn you can give to Nam Ironpaw and earn one Ironpaw Token.

You can buy the empty bundle containers from Merchant Cheng, located at Halfhill.

In the case of Golden Carp you will need 60 to turn into a bundle.

You need 50 Ironpaw Tokens for this item and 50*20=1000 of any fish except Golden Carp which you would need 50*60=3000

You can also do this with all other cooking supplies, including the one you grow on your farm, but fishing is probably the easiest and fastest way to go.

NOTE: You will need to do all the starting quests and this quest: Preserving Freshness before you can start handing in Bundle of Groceries.

NOTE2: And of course you would need the 'To Be a Master' achievement to actually use the bell.

Comment by Nordhbane

Having just gotten Nomi, I completed the first daily quest Lesson 1: Sliced Peaches. I did not get any reputation, nor does Nomi show up in my reputation window. Perhaps the reputation was removed, or it is bugged for me (and for others?). I will check back tomorrow and see if anything changes.

Comment by sluggs

Just got the bell on live servers. it still works the same as beta. The only way to check your rep with nomi is to talk to him and look at the friendship bar.

You can also buy the bell, do the daily quest, then turn back in the bell each day for the 50 ironpaw tokens.

Comment by Jeffsmash

Nomi + Rum Emote = WIN!

Comment by hute

For those of you who are like me, and may wonder. Does it act as a companion following you around..? Yes it does, i did not see anny coments about this particuler question so i thaught i should comfirm it.

It acts as a secound companion, takes up the Guardian spot if u got other guardian pet items.Cheers..! :)

Comment by QuickBASIC37

Obtaining this item is one of the most sadistic grinds that Blizzard has ever invented.

First you have to get Master of Pandaren Cooking which at a glance doesn't seem too unfeasible. Get six different cooking skills to 600.

Then as you get into it, you realize you need 100 Year Soy Saucex1 for every 5 skill points you get past 575 on each of the skills, for a grand total of 30. Which isn't bad until you consider you generally need 50 veggis and 20 meat per 5 points of skillup.

The meat is easily farmed, but at the most you can grow 80 vegetables on your garden (Assuming you already have Exalted with Tillers and have unlocked 16 plots and you never follow Jogu's suggestion because you need specific veggies). So (50 veggies x 5 skillups) * 6 skills = 1500 veggies / 80 per day = 18.5 days. (Saving the Ironpaw Token you get from the daily for than Soy Sauce instead of any other mats.) Of course a lot of this can be skipped with Gold, but the mats for a +5 skillup item on my server is about 750g total.

At this point in the process, you'll have 10 Ironpaw Tokens (from the reward for To Be a Master because you spent all the others on 100 Year Soy Sauce AND having to farm mats for grocery turn ins for MORE Soy Sauce), meaning have to either wait 40 days and do the Daily for a token every day, OR farm 800 of any meat for grocery turn in.

All for you to ring the bell ONCE have Nomi ask for peaches. It's very anti-climatic.

It's ~42 days (with no rep boosts/perks) until you reach "Best Friends" with Nomi and roughly 3 months before you break even on your initial investment of 50 Ironpaw tokens with A Token of Appreciation.

This grind is not for the weak hearted, unless you are a serious completionist, just do the Cooking Mastery for the stats you need and skip this item.

Even though it's super cute to have both her and Argent Gruntling run behind me at the same time.

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Comment by Mjolnirbear

The Cooking School Bell and its following quests may be there in order to unlock an easier grind for your alts.

The Frying Pan and Rolling Pin each grant you +10 cooking skill. The Apron, which can be bought only after the last quest from Nomi, completes the set for a total of +30 cooking. These items are useless on the character that unlocked this since they already have max skill, but can be transferred to your alts.

As I don't have any of these items, I can't tell if the set grants you skill in each way. It should, which would mean you don't have to grind the banquets to get the best skill food for your class. If not, it puts your alt back at the beginning; grinding the way to get the best food.

Hopefully someone will post their experience which confirms or negates this.

Comment by Denvusk

Just make sure you sell Cooking School Bell back after each daily quest.This way your 50 Ironpaw Tokens will remain yours after the end of the long quest chain.

Comment by bqiyue2

It seems that this item has been hotfixed, as for today it's not refundable after purchase for me.

Comment by Grayzbdf

I bought this yesterday and it's not refundable, so if you buy it be sure that you want it. I don't regret buying it.

Comment by Dwarfageddon

Thousands of Turtles died to put Nomi through cooking school.

Comment by Ericpwn

i have the bell and for the last few days i do the peach quest and gain no rep with nomi. are there some other things i need to do first?

Comment by jimjimjim

All this time I had to gather my own materials to learn cooking. How is it, now that I'm a cooking trainer, I have to get the mats for my student! WTF!

I'm sorry but the kid needs to go grind some lions, tigers, and bears (only some of which are made of meat) before he can have a seat at MY school of cooking.

Comment by Mirrodin

The reputation goes as follows, you need 8400 rep to go to the next rank and with each daily you get 1100 rep (with guild perk) so:

Comment by Macamirunni

Sounds cute to have one... but I have like 0 tokens

Comment by kuraq

Here is a useful script to see your current friendship level with Nomi:

/run local _, fR, fM, fN, _, _, _, fT, nT = GetFriendshipReputation(1357) print(("Your current reputation with %s is %d/%d. The previous threshold was at %d and the next one is at %d."):format(fN, fR, fM, fT, nT))

ALL credit goes to Choonster, Dwarf mage of Corvus Canis on Frostmourne, who was nice enough to answer my request in the blizzard forums. Thanks again dude!

Comment by Ryna

I must say, now that I've completed Nomi's training I feel a bit like a mafia loan shark collecting "interest".

Comment by Edymnion

Its a shame this isn't a pet like the Gruntling. I would have enjoyed forcing my young apprentice to fight critters to the death for their delicious, delicious meat.

Comment by wjbodin3

Did the continuing daily off Nomi get removed or is there a limit of how often she will thank you?

Got her maxed weeks ago, and today after the latest hotfix they did for 5.2 she stopped having a daily for me for the free token and her bag.

Comment by karakye

Does anyone know if there is an addon that reminds you to use this item every day? I always forget :(

Comment by gfysprez

what i want to know is Why is it a "little girl panda"?

don't little boy pandas want to learn to cook?

Comment by Berronaxwins

Was hoping it would be a female draenei.. oh well.

Comment by rfrisk

One thing I didn't see mentioned is you can buy Ironpaw tokens.

One Ironpaw token for each spirit of harmony (the horde guy is at shrine of two moons) and that can make a big difference in how fast you can get your 50 tokens for Nomi. I got at least 20 Ironpaw tokens that way.

Comment by LdyKarghon

I got the cooking bell and have used it for several days, but the only cooking lesson I get is Lesson 1. I don't see Nomi's reputation anywhere. I how do I know what my rep is with her?

Comment by Swinghammer

Why is it when you use the school bell you whistle? Why not a bell sound? Lazy Blizzard programmers!

Comment by kellorion

Nomi NEEDS to be a follower at your garrison in Warlords of Draenor!

Comment by mudplayerx

I find it disappointing that after over a month of questing with this little bugger, all you get is a 10 point achievement and an apron. I personally think that a title or a transmoggable item is more in order with the time required to do this questline. Granted, it's not difficult on any level, but it requires tons of dedication.